- Web promotion ideas
- Digital distribution
- Review of current outlets available for selling and promoting music online
- Music social networking sites
- Clearing copyrights for use in podcasts, webcasts, and personal websites.
WHERE: Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St, Room CC 312.
WHEN: Wednesday November 26, 2008 at 9:30 AM
About Martin Gladu
Martin Gladu is a guitarist, composer and music consultant. He graduated with High Distinction from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Concerned with building a reputation as a versatile musician, he favours varying genres and settings. He has played and/or studied with Remi Bolduc, Mike Stern, Jerry Coker, Andre Leroux, Michel Cusson, Guy Boisvert, the McGill Jazz Big Band, the College Marie-Victorin Stage Band, Kevin Dean, Jan Jarczyk, Steve Amirault, Greg Amirault, Pierre Cote, Ken Slone among others. He led his own jazz trio and duo sporadically in the late 90's while teaching guitar and bass in C.E.G.E.P., in private schools as well as privately.
An interest in music publishing brought him to SODRAC in 2000. There, he licensed and tracked countless CRIA-certified albums in addition to develop expertise in publishing catalogue administration, copyright clearance and royalty recovery. His dedication and experience at recovering unpaid royalties has benefited a large number of writers and publishers: the Jacques Brel Estate, the Felix Leclerc Estate, Glenn Danzing/Evilive Music (for Metallica), the Georges Brassens Estate, Nana Mouskouri, ABBA, ECM Records Musikverlag, the Antonio Carlos Jobim Estate, Honey B Sarl (for Carlos Santana), Eros Ramazzotti, Matt DeMatteo (for Mobile), Murlyn/Universal Music Publ. AB, Avalanche Music Publ. among many others.
More, he occasionally consults artists, labels and organizations on diverse business and artistic issues, in addition to sit on Culture Montreal's Emerging Artists & Practices Committee. Since 2006, he is also Section Editor and contributor for allaboutjazz.com, the world's largest jazz website.
About Concordia University
Concordia's reputation as one of Canada's most dynamic and innovative universities has its roots in over 180 years of pursuing academic excellence and student success. One of Canada's most innovative universities, Concordia values inter-disciplinary approaches to learning, and is dedicated to offering the best possible scholarship, research and training. Its name is derived from the motto of the City of Montreal, Concordia Salus, which means well-being through harmony. With a diverse student body of over 40,000 undergraduate, graduate and continuing education students studying in over 500 programs, Concordia continues its drive to provide first-class teaching and research facilities through investments in new buildings and residences.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
